Aleatoric music for grade 1? Why not?! Through carefully controlled parameters, your beginning players can actually create their own erupting volcano effect! Mazama was the imposing mountain peak in southwest Oregon that erupted 7000+ years ago and became the serene and beautiful present day Crater Lake. Fires of Mazama opens with bold sounds and powerful melodies before the “eruption” changes everything. Afterwards, a calm chorale leads to the exciting final strains in this ingenious and impressive piece for beginners! Dur: 3:20.

Aleatoric music for grade 1? Why not?! Through carefully controlled parameters, your beginning players can actually create their own erupting volcano effect! Mazama was the imposing mountain peak in southwest Oregon that erupted 7000+ years ago and became the serene and beautiful present day Crater Lake. Fires of Mazama opens with bold sounds and powerful melodies before the “eruption” changes everything. Afterwards, a calm chorale leads to the exciting final strains in this ingenious and impressive piece for beginners! Dur: 3:20.

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I played this in a band at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. It's a fantastic sounding piece, one that can really shock the audience if played correctly. But if an instrument plays too early, or too late, then it sounds horrible. That's the only challenging thing about it...

This piece is the best i have ever played. When you get everyone to come in on time and play the right dinamic it sounds so cool. When you get the whole band together it sounds so hard but it is pretty easy.

This song is great for middle school bands. It's fun energetic and exciting! As a band director myself I have to say that the dynamics and the way this piece is written will make you feel as if you are running from the volcano.

I'm a student from Rosedale Middle School (8th) and I just loved this song. It was well written and fun to play. When all the instruments get together it sounds so good. The drum parts were very fun (I play percussion, have been for only 3 years). The volcano...

when I first heard the cd, me and my freind found it nice sounding. when we played it in class, the full way through, you can really hear the Volcano it was so well written. i would most definatly suggest this piece to anyone. in class i played 1st clairnet...

. It takes a lot of hard work to get this piece good but in the end it sounds amazing.